Story Behind The Picture: The Woman Who Froze Solid And Thawed Back To Life

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Jean Hilliard's body was frozen for six hours in -22 degree weather. Miraculously, she survived.

Excerpt: "All Jean Hilliard remembers is blackness, falling asleep, and then waking up. Unbeknownst to her, doctors had declared Hilliard a medical miracle after she recovered from being frozen for six hours in subzero temperatures. Indeed, the baffling case of this “hibernating woman” remains a medical marvel nearly 40 years later.

19-year-old Jean Hilliard was living in her small hometown of Lengby, Minnesota in December 1980. As of 2017, the town had a population of a mere 87, and just outside its limits are forests, lakes, and farmland in the north-central part of the state.

Lengby is in the middle of nowhere and so was Hilliard on the night of Deember. 20, 1980, when she made her way home from a night out with friends in -22-degree weather at around midnight.

Hilliard had just left the Fosston American Legion, where young adults in Lengby typically spent the evening as it was the coolest hang-out for townsfolk in this part of Minnesota. Her dad’s Ford LTD had rear-wheel drive and no anti-lock brakes, which made for a dangerous vehicle to have while navigating a frozen, icy road.

When the car slid into a ditch, Hilliard in her cowboy boots, began to walk for help. Her friend, Wally Nelson, was but two miles down the road after all." ...

Source: allthatsinteresting.com

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